Staking tool



L. J. WILLIAMS STAKING TOOL Filed June 1l. 1925 Patented June 2, 1925,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

LESTER J. VILLIAS, OF LEBANON, NEW' HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR T0 KENRICK &

DAVIZ CO., OF LEBANON, NET-J HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION OF NEW HAMP- SHIRE,

STAKING TOOL.

Application filed ,June ,1.1,

T 0 f/ZZ whom it may concern.' Y

Be it known that l, Lnsrna J. llVrLmAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon. in the countyof Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Staking Tools, of which the following` is a speciiication.

rlhe present invention relates to that class of tools used in the watchmakers art and known as staking tools. Its prin'iary and main object is to provide such a tool with a universally adjustable die or table, or, as it may be called, a floatingdie, to the end that the dies of all tools of the same size and design may he interchangeable with one another and therefore made and assembled in the first instance, and afterwards renewed, with ,Qreater ease, and less cost and inconvenience, than heretofore.

The main parts of a staking' tool, such as is commonly used by watchmakers, are a base, a neck rising from one side of the base and having a head which overlies the other side of the base and is formed with a guide- Way, a rotatable table or die. and means for securing the die in various positions. The die is, in effect` a circular table which rests on the top of the base and is provided with a concentric series of holes of different diameters to receive the parts to be operated on, such as the staffs of watch wheels and the like, or the stems of tools which are used in staking operations.

In staking!` tools as heretofore made, the pivot about which the die is rotated to bring one or another of its tools in line with the guideway in the head, has been f'xed and immovable: that is, there has never been any provision for lateral movement of the die otherwise than that of rotation about a fixed axis. rl`his fact has made it necessary to fit the dies individually to the bases of the particular tools for which they are made, because staking tools are 'required to be exceedingly accurate and, therefore, all of the holes in the die must be capable of being brought into exact central alinement With the guideway in the head. It has been necessary, then, in order to avoid the effects of unavoidable inaccuracies in the construction of the base, With its pivot for the die and the guideway in` its overhanging head, to lit the die to the base before drilling the holes in it, and then to drill one ot' the lioles, with the die in place on the base, by running 1923, Serial N0. 644,591.

the drill through the guideway in the head. rThis practice was necessary in order to secure the exactly correct radial distance of the hole from the axis ot the die. Thereafter the rest of the holes required couldbe drilled by the use of a machine tool and the die could be finished; but the necessity for thus establishing the radial distance'of the holes made each die special for its own tool, was a substantial element of cost in the manufacture of the tool, and prevented different dies being interchangeably applied to dierent tools. c

It also required the possessor of such a. tool, When said tool was in need of repairs by reason of the breaking or wearing out of the die, to return the entire tool to the maker to have a new or repaired die accurately fitted. Such necessity was a cause of substantial expense on account of the special Work required, besides being a severe hardship to the owner on account of his being deprived of the use of the tool for an indefinite period.

My purpose has been to reduce the cost of making staking; tools in the first instance, and to eliminate the hardship suffered by the owner on account of being deprived of the use of the tool when repairs are neces` sary, besides reducing the expense to him of making repairs. l have accomplished these purposes by providing a new means for mountingr and clamping the dies of staking tools. the immediate result of which is that all the dies may be made by methods suitable for quantity production and all dies fora given style of tool are interchangeable with one another; and the ultimate result of which is thecomplete accomplishment of the purposes previously stated.

The following specification and the drawings forming a part thereof disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention and illust-rate the principles in Whichthe invention which I here claim consists.-

In the draWings,- y l Figure 1 is a side elevationof the embodiment referred to. n

Figure 2 is a cross section on approximately the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 .is a section on a. plane ,parallel ,with the view point of Figure 1 and located approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. YFigure iis a plan'view of a typical die used With such a staking tool. v Y

same parts Wherever they occur in alltlie figures. v

The body or frame of the tool 'comprises al base 6, a neck 7 rising from `one side ofV the base Vand extending across the saine, and a head 8 `overhanging the base at the opposite side from the neck andhaving a guidevvay through Which an operating tool, suc as the punch' 9 shown in Figure 1, vor the centering tool shown in Figure 3, may be passed as usual in tools of this character. The die is shown at 11, and is or may be identical With the dies heretofore u'sedwith staking tools. tion on the u per surface ofthe base, which surface is linished in a plane perpendicular to the guideivay and is so disposed as to aiord a firm and rigid support.

'The new step of the invention is embodied, in the form illustratively here shown,` in the two-part pivot and clamping bar for the die, the same 'comprising a pin or stud 12, which'isthe pivot proper, and a bar 13 which is coupled to the pivotst'ud and extends downward in the base into1c0na flange 14 which loverlaps a shoulder Within the upper end of such opening. Connection is made between this stud and the clamping Y J bar 13 by a disk 15 on the pivot stud and a head 16 on the bar. Such disk fits freely in an undercut T-slot 17 in the head 16, thev lips 18 of which slot overlap the opposite edges of the disk 15 and apply thereto the force required to bind the die upon the base when adjusted. This disk is secured in any suitable Way to the pivot stud and is here shown as being screvved on the lower end ofV the stud and against a shoulder formed upon the latter.

A suitable means for clamping or binding the dieis here shown as consisting of a `shaft 19 passing transversely through the base and also through a tubular core' 20 mounted therein to receive the clamping bar. Said 'shaft has a head 21 on its outer end by which it may be turned manually and its inner portion has bearings infthev coreV on opposite 'sideso'f the bar 13, While an inter-` It rests rat its peripheral por- Y ment 24, bar 18 and pivot stud; and the'die may be released by turning the shaft in the l opposite direction.

It maybe noted that the slot 17, when the parts of the tool are properly assembled, extends in substantially the same direction as the plane common to the axis of the die and the axis of the guideway in the head. Hence the sliding connection between the pivot and clamping bar thus Vprovided enables the Whole die to be moved bodily laterally in a direction transverse to the gui'deway, and thereby'any hole in the die may be centered correctly Awith thesaid guideway and 'with the tool Which operates therein, even though the radial distance of the hole 'from the axis of the die is different from the distance oi the guideway from the center :of the base. Hence aV Wide variationr in lthe radial distances of the holes inthe die is possible, and it becomes possible to make the die's in quantities by standard methods of production, and all duplicatesk of one anotlieigat least as to dies for staking tools of the saine style and size. The expensive special adjusting in course of manufacture, heretofore necessary, is now avoided, and in particular, the making of repairs of staking toolsinv the hands of their users is greatly simplified, since the user can substitute a duplicate interchangeable die for a Worn out or broken one Without needing to have the die specially fitted and Without losing the use of the tool in the meantime.

What I claim'a'nd desire to secure by Letters Patent isi 1. In a staking tool, a frame comprising a base having an over-hanging head and a guideway, a die resting on the base', and a combined pivot and clamping means for the die constructed with provision' permitting movements of the die bodily transversely to its pivotal axis. i

2, In a staking tool, a'base, a die resting on said base, and a combined pivot and clamping means for Vthe die constructed `vvith Vmeans permitting lateral translative displacement of the die.

3. A staking tool comprising a base, a die supported on said base, a pivot about vvliich said die is adapted to rotate,a clamping bar engaged with said pivot, and clamping means arranged to apply force to saidbarin the direction for binding the die against the base, said pivot and bar having an interlocking connection Vconstructed to' permit transverse movement of one relatively tov the other.

4. In a staking tool, a base7 a 'die supported onthe base, a pivot stud about which the die is rotatable, a bar arranged 'in approximate alinement with said pivot `but having fa transverse guideway` interlocked With said pivot in a manner permitting relative transverse movement of the latter, and

clamping means arranged to ooact with said lips, respectively receiving and overlapping bar so as to hind the die against the base. said disk with provision for transverse 10 5. In a staking tool, a base, a die supportmovement of one relatively tothe other, and

ed on the hase7 a pivot stud passing through means for drawing down or `releasing said the die into the base and having a disk on bar so as to bind or release the die.

its lower end, a 1oar in approximate aline- In testimony whereof I have afiXed my ment with said pivot stud having a transsignature.

verse slot in its upper end, and overhanging A LESTER J. WILLIAMS. 

